The Most Reverend

Gunnar Hultgren
Archbishop of Uppsala
Primate of Sweden
ChurchChurch of Sweden
ArchdioceseUppsala
Appointed1958
In office1958–1967
PredecessorYngve Brilioth
SuccessorRuben Josefson
Orders
Ordination17 May 1925
Consecration1 February 1948
by Erling Eidem
RankMetropolitan Archbishop
Personal details
Born(1902-02-19)19 February 1902
Eskilstuna, Sweden
Died13 February 1991(1991-02-13) (aged 88)
Uppsala, Sweden
BuriedGamla kyrkogården in Härnösand
NationalitySwedish
ParentsAxel Gustav Hultgren
Maria Kristina Andersson
SpouseAstrid Maria Eklund
Previous post(s)Bishop of Visby 1947-1951)
Bishop of Härnösand (1951-1958)
Alma materUppsala University
Coat of armsGunnar Hultgren's coat of arms

Gunnar Axel Engelbrekt Hultgren (19 February 1902 - 13 February 1991) was a Swedish bishop within the Church of Sweden. He was the Archbishop of Uppsala between 1958 and 1967.[1]

Biography

Hultgren was enrolled at Uppsala University where he became a theology graduate in 1925, theology licentiate in 1933, and Dr. Theol. in 1940. He became an associate professor of systematic theology in Uppsala in 1940. He became vicar in the Diocese of Härnösand in 1940, Bishop of the Diocese of Visby in 1947 and Bishop of the Diocese of Härnösand in 1951. He was appointed Archbishop in 1958 and resigned as Emeritus in 1967. [2][3]

In 1939 his doctoral thesis on Augustine's view of love was published as a book with the title, "Det evangeliska kärleksbudet hos Augustinus: dess filosofiska och teologiska tolkning i hans skrifter 386-400" (EN: The evangelical command-to-love in Augustine: its philosophical and theological interpretations in his works from 386 to 400 CE). LIBRIS-ID 1371886.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Religious Organizations" (in Swedish). World Statesmen. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Gunnar Axel Engelbrekt Hultgren". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Biskop Gunnar Axel Engelbrekt Hultgren". Svenska Kyrkan. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  4. ↑ Hultgren, Gunnar (1939). "Hultgren Det evangeliska karleksbudet". Google Books. Retrieved Dec 20, 2023.
  5. ↑ "LIBRIS-ID 1371886". Libris. Retrieved Dec 20, 2023.

Other sources

  • Hansson, Klas (2014) Svenska kyrkans primas: Ärkebiskopsämbetet i förändring 1914–1990 (Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensi) ISBN 978-91-554-8897-0


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